Make Chipotle's Beef Barbacoa at Home

If you like Chipotle's beef barbacoa tacos — and really, who doesn't? — you're going to love what Kenji Lopez-Alt has been working up over in the Serious Eats Food Lab. Lopez-Alt claims to have achieved a version of the mouthwatering, slow-cooked shredded-beef filling that's not just as good as Chipotle's, but actually better. The DIY process involves sourcing better-than-average dried chiles, making your own powerfully-flavored adobo sauce, and braising a big chuck-eye roast therein for a full four hours. If all goes according to plan, you'll be knee-deep in delicious taco meat by the end of the day. Get the recipe here, add in a solid Michelada, and, oh right, it's almost Cinco de Mayo.